Economic Forecast: For higher education, solutions to pandemic challenges could become opportunities

In the past year, SCF put Go Live into place, an expanded online learning platform that allows students and instructors to gather virtually in real time.


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File. Carol Probstfeld, president of State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, says she’s proud of what SCF has done in 2020 to find creative solutions to challenges and ways to support students amid the pandemic.
File. Carol Probstfeld, president of State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, says she’s proud of what SCF has done in 2020 to find creative solutions to challenges and ways to support students amid the pandemic.
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Organization: State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota has campuses in Bradenton, Venice and Lakewood Ranch. In fall 2020, SCF had 9,598 students enrolled.

For institutions of higher learning, the pandemic has posed several problems — and necessitated quick solutions. President Carol Probstfeld says she’s proud of what SCF has done in 2020 to find creative solutions to challenges and ways to continue to support students. “When we had to go virtual, we did it in three days,” she says.

 

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